Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Shidler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -96.650
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
A wave of low pressure and a cold front moving across Oklahoma brought a solid line of thunderstorms to all of eastern Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of March 30. While the line covered the entire north-south length of eastern Oklahoma, the vast majority of the severe weather remained to the south of Hwy.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $600
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 32
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
A wave of low pressure and a cold front moving across Oklahoma brought a solid line of thunderstorms to all of eastern Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of March 30. While the line covered the entire north-south length of eastern Oklahoma, the vast majority of the severe weather remained to the south of Hwy. 412. Bow echo signatures appeared along the line in eastcentral Oklahoma. Rotation was indicated at the north end of the bow echo as it moved from near Eufaula to the Arkansas state line at West Siloam Springs. Quite a few reports of severe tstm winds and funnel clouds were common with this part of the line, but there were no known tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
Event by event
20 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Pawhuska
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -96.330
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Pawhuska
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -96.330
Hail, Creek
- When
- March 30, 5:24 PM CST
- Where
- Creek County, Sapulpa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -96.100
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 30, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Canadian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -95.650
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- March 30, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 4 mi WNW of Eufaula
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -95.650
62 mph tstm gust measured at Oklahoma mesonet site.
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 30, 6:16 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Indianola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -95.780
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Canadian
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -95.650
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- March 30, 6:24 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Eufaula
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, 5 mi S of Muskogee
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -95.370
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Warner
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -95.300
Funnel Cloud, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, 1 mi NE of Warner
- Coordinates
- 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- March 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Moyers
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -95.650
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Keefeton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -95.350
Hail, Pittsburg
- When
- March 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Quinton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -95.370
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 30, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Stigler
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -95.130
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- March 30, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 8 mi S of Tahlequah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -94.970
Hail, Sequoyah
- When
- March 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Vian
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 30, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Tahlequah
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -94.970
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- March 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Clayton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -95.350
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Tamaha
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah
- When
- March 30, 7:31 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, 1 mi SW of Sallisaw
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -94.820
Car blown off Interstate 40
Hail, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Braggs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- March 30, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Braggs
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- March 30, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County, Proctor
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah
- When
- March 30, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Gans
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.700
Several large tree limbs down
Hail, Pushmataha
- When
- March 30, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Cloudy
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- March 30, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County, 3 mi SE of Quapaw
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -94.750
Car blown off Will Rogers Turnpike
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore
- When
- March 30, 8:16 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Spiro
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- March 30, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 8 mi ENE of Grove
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 36.630, -94.630
Power pole snapped
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 30, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, 5 mi SW of Wister
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -94.780
Hail, Le Flore
- When
- March 30, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Wister
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -94.720
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in New York, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5634550, 5634718, 5634719, 5635079, 5634716, 5634720, 5635080, 5635081, 5634712, 5634722, 5634721, 5634715, 5634723, 5635074, 5635077, 5634660, 5635073, 5635076, 5634664, 5634661, 5634663, 5635078, 5635075, 5635082, 5634713, 5634665, 5634662, 5634717, 5634547, 5634548, 5634714, 5634549.